title: Dementia Care Knowledge Sharing within a First Nations Community.
abstract: This article discusses the First Nations sample of a larger study on dementia care decisions and knowledge sharing.The purpose is to enhance understanding of the process of knowledge sharing among health care practitioners(HCPs), care partners, and persons with dementia (PWDs) within a rural First Nations community. A constructivist grounded theory methodology was used. Nineteen interviews were conducted at three points in time with two dementia care networks that included two PWDs, three care partners, and two HCPs. A sharing dementia care knowledge model was conceived, with the PWDs and their care partners at the centre. Knowledge sharing in the model was represented by three broad themes: (1) developing trusting relationships, (2) accessing and adapting the information, and (3) applying the information. Culturally sensitive approaches were essential to developing trusting relationships. Once developed, knowledge sharing through accessing, adapting, and applying the information was possible.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Level 3, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9. dorothy.forbes@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.affiliation: Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, University of Western Ontario.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.affiliation: Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thiessen
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.affiliation: Veterans Care Program, Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph's Health Care.
authors.forename: Maggie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.affiliation: Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.
authors.forename: Debra G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, McMaster University.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Markle-Reid
authors.affiliation: Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Western Ontario.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Culum
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002170:Canada; D003142:Communication; D065246:Culturally Competent Care; D003657:Decision Making; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D005190:Family; D066296:Grounded Theory; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D033181:Information Dissemination; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012424:Rural Population; D012944:Social Support